Inktober 2024

sketch for prompt "trek"

sketch for "exotic"

 Every October, my husband try and I try to participate in Inktober. It's a great creative exercise to see what you can come up with, given prompts that you didn't choose yourself. It's a great way to keep up with or sharpen your drawing skills, specifically ink skills. It's also a great way to be part of something bigger than yourself join with thousands of other artists in tackling this project in tandem.

Each day, I post a drawing, even if it's rushed and not great just to check off that it was done. There's something motivating about the accountability from friends telling me that they were looking forward to seeing my sketches, so there was another layer of motivation. The joy of just sitting with a sketchbook is motivation enough. I forget how relaxing and fun it is to draw if I go too long without doing it. So pick up your sketchbook, give yourself 15 minutes of mindfulness therapy, and remember how fun it is to doodle.